QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

Section 1

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

My name is Juan and I _____ from Spain.

isbeaream

Where _____?

does he workhe workshe does workworks he

Who did _____ at the party?

you sawyou seesaw yousee

‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘No, I haven’t.’

Did you ever goWill you ever goAre you ever goingHave you ever been

Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

the most bigthe biggerthe biggestthe more big

Is she the woman _____ husband is a famous musician?

whichthatwhowhose

The police wanted to know exactly how the money _____ stolen from the bank.

iswasgetsdid

By the time Mary gets here, the movie _____.

will finishis going to finishwill have finishedis finishing

You _____ tell anyone about this, Sara. It’s our secret, OK?

couldn’twouldn'tmustn’tdon’t have to

I think you _____ leave now, it’s getting late.

canwouldwillshould

I wish I _____ in such a cold country!

didn’t livehaven’t livedwon’t liveam not living

If Jack _____ music, he wouldn’t have become a concert pianist.

hadn’t studieddidn’t studywouldn’t have studiedhasn’t studied

Section 2

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

I always go to the movies _____ Fridays.

oninatby

I will _____ you tomorrow.

shoutcrycallsay

Hannah’s a really _____ person. She’s always smiling.

sensibleinterestingtalkativecheerful

I have no _____ what time the swimming pool opens.

beliefopinionideafeeling

It was a beautiful day so we went on a boat _____ on the lake.

ridetraveldrivesightseeing

It was a great meal, but pretty expensive. Just look at the _____!

ticketrecipeinvoicebill

Laura rarely leaves the house without _____her make-up on.

doingputtinghavinggetting

Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____.

tannedsunnedcoloureddarkened

Section 3

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

I’m not very interested _____ sports.

foraboutinto

She likes _____ expensive clothes

to wearingwearingwearis wearing

Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

was drivingdrovehad drivenhas been driving

I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

could youcan youif you couldplease

If I _____ you had cancelled the meeting I wouldn’t have turned up!

knewhave knownhad knownknow

I like your hair. Where _____?

cut you itdid you have it cutdo you cut ithave it cut

I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

have workedworkbe workingto work

John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe

thatwhowhosewhich

We _____ to the new house by the end of the week, so we won’t be here next Sunday

will have movedwill be movingwill moveare moving

What _____ this weekend, Lance?

will you doare you doingwill you have donedo you do

The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

littlea littlefewa few

Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

is arrestedarrestedhas been arrestedis being arrested

Section 4

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

I often _____ football when I’m at the beach.

havegodoplay

My sister _____ the cooking in our house.

doesmakescookstakes

Don’t forget to _____ the light when you go out.

turn upturn inturn offturn over

I hope this cut on my hand _____ quickly.

cureshealstreatsrestores

She just burst into _____ when she heard the tragic news.

cryingtearscriesbreak down

He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no onebelieved him

reassuredinformedinsistedpersuaded

Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

lendoweborrowrent

Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

takingspendinghavingdoing

Section 5

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

Who _____ in that house?

does he livelivesdid he livehe lives

I will call you when I _____ home.

getwill getgotgetting

If you _____ me, what would you do?

waswould bewerehave been

I don’t know where _____ last night.

did he gohe did gowent hehe went

John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

they won’tthey hadn’tthey didn’tthey weren’t

I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

wasn’t eatingdidn’t eathadn’t eatenhasn’t eaten

I regret _____ harder in school.

not studyingnot to studyto not studynot have studied

Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

will tellwould have toldmust have toldhad told

Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet!

neither they aren’teither they aren’tnor are theyneither did they be

We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but infact they didn’t.

were speakingwould speakhad spokenspoke

I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!

I don’t have to workI didn’t have to worknot to workno working

Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

whateverwheneverwhereverwhoever

I always _____ milk in my coffee.

haveeatcookmake

I _____ TV every evening.

watchlook atseehear

Can you give me a _____ with my bag.

legbackhandhead

Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

thoughtquestionmindopinion

The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

trespassingmuggingspeedingdrunk driving

The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

time-wastingtime-consumingtime-usingout of time

After the movie was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

discussionspeakingconversationtalking

There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently

campaignsissuesboycottsstrikes